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Create an [AWS Lambda](https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/home) function\n   using `alexa-wolfram-alpha.py` as the code\n   - You can follow the [official Amazon\n     instructions](https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/developing-an-alexa-skill-as-a-lambda-function)\n     to give you a hand\n   - Put your Wolfram Alpha AppID into an environment variable called \"WOLFRAM_ID\" and also put your Alexa Skill Identifier in an environement variable called \"SKILL_ID\". For help view the [documentation](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/env_variables.html)\n   - You can use `test_event.json` as your test template\n   - Consider extending the timeout beyond the default of 3 seconds (I raised mine to 10, which is likely excessive, but eliminated some sporadic errors e.g. [#1](https://github.com/n8henrie/alexa-wolfram-alpha/issues/1))\n1. Create a new [Alexa\n   Skill](https://developer.amazon.com/edw/home.html#/skill/create) using\n   `intent_schema.json` and `sample_utterances.txt`\n1. Test that it's working from the web interface during the creation of the\n   skill\n1. Test that it's working with your Echo\n\n## Development\n\nFeel free to fork and hack on this.\n\nThe `setup.cfg` file is just in case you have a [homebrew](http://brew.sh/)\ninstalled python and want to include other 3rd party libraries in your code,\nin which case you have to upload a zip of your code as the lambda function. To\ndo so, from your root directory do something like:\n\n1. `pip install LIBRARY_NAME -t .`\n1. `zip -r $(date +%s)-alexa-wolfram-alpha.zip .`\n\nAlso, take a look at [Amazon's official sample code for a lambda-based Alexa Skill\nin Python](https://gist.github.com/n8henrie/3db1205331d0f6195b01), named\n`alexa-skills-kit-color-expert-python`. (I found it very helpful to reference\nbut couldn't find an easy way to view the source online, so I copied it to a\nGitHub Gist.)\n\n## Acknowledgements\n\n- \u003chttps://github.com/astrobleem/askwolfram\u003e :: A similar project in PHP that\n  helped me figure out what the intent schema and sample utterances should look\n  like\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fn8henrie%2Falexa-wolfram-alpha","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fn8henrie%2Falexa-wolfram-alpha","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fn8henrie%2Falexa-wolfram-alpha/lists"}